Foods and Ingredients to Limit or Avoid

Foods and Ingredients to Limit or Avoid

by Moses Nutrition © November 2016

Sugars, Sweets and Sweeteners

Agave
Beet Sugar
Brown Sugar
Candy
Cane Juice
Carob
Most Chewing Gum
Most Chocolate
Corn Syrup
Date Sugar
Dextrose
Fructose
Fruit Juice
Glucose
High Fructose Corn Syrup
Honey
Ice Cream
Juice Concentrate
Karo Syrup
Lactose
Maple Syrup
Maltose
Molasses
Nectar
Sorbet
Sorghum Syrup
Sucanat
Sucrose
Sugar
Syrup
Turbinado Sugar


Gluten Grains, Breads, Etc.

It has become a bit of a fad, but there are very good reasons to avoid gluten. Read about what gluten is and why to avoid it here: Gluten

Bagels (unless Gluten Free)
Barley
Bulgur Wheat
Buns (unless Gluten Free)
Cake (unless Gluten and Sugar Free)
Most Cereals (unless Gluten and Sugar Free)
Cookies (unless Gluten and Sugar Free)
Couscous
Crackers (unless Gluten Free)
Donuts
Ezekiel Bread
Flour Tortillas
Gluten
Jams and Jellies
Lavash (unless Gluten Free)
Pancakes (unless Gluten and Sugar Free)
Pita (unless Gluten Free)
Pizza Crust (unless Gluten Free)
Pop Tarts
Rye
Spelt
Sprouted Barley
Sprouted Spelt
Sprouted Wheat
Waffles (unless Gluten and Sugar Free)
Wheat
Wheat bran
Wheat starch
Wheat Thins
White Bread (unless Gluten Free)
White Flour (unless Gluten Free)
White Rice (Except Basmati)
Whole Grain Bread (unless Gluten Free)


Proteins, Dairy, Nuts and Fats

Processed Cheese
Non-Organic Cheese
Cool-Whip
Corn Oil
Cottonseed Oil
Deep-fried foods
Eggnog (unless homemade without sugar)
Any Large or Predatory Fish
Fish Sticks
Honey-Roasted Nuts
Hydrogenated Oils
Ice Cream
Margarine
Processed Meats (unless organic)
Pasteurized Milk, especially non-organic
Non-Dairy Creamers
Peanuts and Peanut Butter
Pork
Raw Nuts and Seeds
Readi-Whip
Soybeal Oil (except if organic and in small amounts)
Trans-Fats
Sweetened Yogurt
Yogurt with fruit


Fruit

Avocado, Olives, Lemons, Limes and Rhubarb are fine because they are very low in sugar. If indicated by one’s hair test, the following are generally acceptable in moderation (preferably organic) as they are lower in sugar: apricots, Asian pear, blackberries*, blueberries, boysenberries, cantaloupe, casaba melon, coconut, cranberries*, grapefruit, honeydew melon, nectarines, papaya, raspberries*, starfruit*, strawberries* and watermelon. Otherwise, try to limit all other fruit.

*On this list, these are the lowest in sugar.

The below should be avoided as they are all high in sugar:

All Fruit Juice
All Dried Fruit, particularly dates and raisins.
Apple sauce
Cranberry sauce (unless homemade without sugar)


Miscellaneous

Alcohol
Cole Slaw (unless sugar-free)
Cough Lozenges (rare use for cough is ok)
Cough Syrup (rare use for cough is ok)
Ketchup (unless sugar-free)
Relish (unless sugar-free)
Most Bottled Dressings (unless sugar-free)
Most Bottled Sauces (unless sugar-free)
Most Soda Pop (except Zevia or Blue Sky Zero)
Steak Sauce
Sweet Pickles

 

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